sour   found’ling    fount    an nounce’ment
pout   ground’less   mount    un found’ed
soup   rou lette’    croup    crou’pi er
roup   group’ing     wound    trou’ba dour

Lesson 54.

36.  The consonant C has two regular sounds:  as soft c in cede, marked c; as hard c in cot, where it has the sound of k, and is marked c.

cives   ac’id      trace   De cem’ber
mace    sol’ace    brace   in ces’sant
clot    tac’tic    curd    en act’ment
acts    traf’fic   cave    e lect’or

37.  The sound of N as heard in link, is marked thus, n, which is the same sound as that represented by ng.

lank   monk’ey     drink     con’gru ous
monk   con’gress   trunk     sin’gu lar
sunk   lan’guage   conch     drunk’en ness

Lesson 55.

38.  S bas two regular sounds:  when unmarked it has its sharp or hissing sound, as in yes; when marked thus, s, it has the buzzing sound of z in zeal.

sick   mass’y      smelt   pos sess’ive
pest   vest’ment   gross   as sess’or
has    a muse’     grows   re sem’ble
ease   in fuse’    ruse    res’o nant

39.  Ch has three sounds:  unmarked (English ch), it has nearly the sound of tsh, as in child; marked thus, eh (French ch), it has the sound of sh, as in chaise; and marked thus, ch (Latin ch), it has the sound of k, as in chorus.

such    speech’less   child    choc’o late
chef    ma chine’     chaise   chiv’al ry
chasm   chem’ist      chrism   char’ac ter

Lesson 56.

40.  G has two regular sounds:  marked thus, g (g hard), it has the sound of g in go; marked thus, g (g soft), it has the compound sound of j, as in gem.

gear’ing   gew’gaw     slug   gid’di ness
gen’tile   slug’gish   crag   guil’lo tine
gen’der    gest’ure    gibe   gen’er al

41.  Th has two sounds:  its sharp sound, as in thing, which is unmarked, and its soft sound, as in thine, marked th.

thin   the’ist   breath    myth’ic al
thaw   the’sis   theft     the’o ry
this   gath’er   thine     hith’er to
than   both’er   breathe   oth’er wise

Lesson 57.

42.  X has three sounds:  its regular sharp sound (unmarked) like ks, as in expect, and its soft or flat sound like gz, as in exist, marked x;.  At the beginning of words x has the sound of z as in xebec (ze’bec).

ex’it      ex pan’sive’   ex tra’ne ous
ex cel’    ex’pi ate      ex te’ri or
ex alt’    ex am’ple      ex ec’u tive’
ex empt’   ex ult’ant     ex or’di um

43.  Q is followed in all cases by u, and has usually the sound of kw, as in queen; but in a few words derived from the French, qu is sounded like k, as in coquette.

quack     queer’ly    quoit    qui e’tus
queen     quo’rum     quote    quo ta’tion
plaque    piqu’ant    bisque   co quet’tish
clique’   co quet’    torque   piqu’an cy

Lesson 58.